Vehicle-seat-supporting brace.



No. 734,3?9. PATENTED JULY 21, 1903 G. W. VINSON,

- VEHICLE SEAT SUPPORTING. BRAGE.

' APPLIOAIION FILED APR. 11, 1903. 1m mount. v

@Vitnemeo UNITED STATES Patented July 21, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE. I

VEHlCLE-SEAT-S u PPORTING BRAC E.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 734,379, dated July 21, 1903. Application filed April 11, 1903. Serial ITO-152,271. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. VINSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Murray, in the county of Galloway and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Seat-Supporting Braces; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to braces for repairing vehicle-seat supports.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction of the brace shown in the patent granted to me, No. 709,378, dated September 16, 1902, and to provide a brace which will be better adapted for use in repair-work, for which purpose it is especially designed.

With this end in View the invention consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts, as will be herein after more fully described andclairned, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- V Figure 1 is a front elevation of a vehicleseat, showing the applicationof the brace thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view through the seat. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3' 3 of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. at is a detail perspective view of the brace detached.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the bed or floor. 2 denotes the seat of a vehicle. 3 denotes the customary wooden brace or leg which supports the forward edge of the seat.

4 denotes the repair brace or support,which is in the form of a bracket, consisting of the vertically-disposed standard 5 and the horizontally-disposed supporting-arm 6, which is arranged at right angles to the standard 5. The brace or support 4. is preferably constructed of flat metal cut and bent into a suitable shape to form the standard 5 and supporting arm or bar 6, as clearly shown in'Fig. 4 of the drawings. It is obvious, however,

that the brace or support may be cast and" the shape may be varied to suit vehicles of different constructions. The upper portion of the standard is widened to form a web 7 in the angle between the same and the arm 6. In the arm 6 and the upper portion of the standard 5 are formed bolt-holes, through which is adapted to be passed bolts 8, which secure the brace to the front .board of the seat and to the supporting-leg 3. The horizontally-disposed arm 6 is also provided with bolt-holes, throughwhioh are passed bolts 9, which secure the seat to arm.

1O denotes a short bar or plate arranged at the lower ends of the standards 5, the edges of said plate being bent laterally to form guide-flanges 12, which embrace the lower ends of the said standards. The bar or plate 10 is provided with a vertically-disposed slot 13, through which is adapted to pass a bolt 14, which also passes through a hole in the standard 5 and leg 3 and is provided on one end with a head and on its opposite .end with a clamping-nut 15, which when tightened up securely clamps the parts together. Thelower end of the bar or plate 10 is provided with a forwardly projecting right angularlybent footpiece 16, which is adapted to be bolted to the bed or floor of the vehicle. The adjustable connection between the end of the standard 5 and the bar or plate 10 permits the brace to be fitted-to seats which may vary in height in different vehicles.

17 denotes an angularly-bent brace-bar arranged upon the seat and adapted to brace the ends or arm-pieces of the seat, the lower portion of this bar-17 being adapted to be bolted through the seat and to the arm 6 of the brace 1, and the upper portion of the bar 17 is bent laterally to form a horizontally-disposed bracket arm or support for the lower end of one of the vehicle-top-supporting bars. Thus it will be seen that the top is also supported by the brace 1, thereby relieving the seat from the weight and strain of the same. From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention-will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in form, proportion,'and

the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

2 seems A brace or support for vehicle-seats, consisting of a vertically-disposed standard, a horizontally-disposed arm, arranged at right angles to said standard and adapted to be con nected to said vehicle-seat, a vertically-adjustable extension-plate having a bolt and slot connecting with the lower end of said standard whereby the same may be lengthened or shortened, and a right-angularly-dis- IO posed attaching-foot carried by said extension-p'late whereby the same may be bolted to the floor or bed of a vehicle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- [5 GEORGE W. VINSON. Witnesses:

L. A. MOKEEL, J. R. SOHROUDER. 

